Images: Top 10 New Species of 2014
Olinguito
Olinguito at Tandayapa Bird Lodge, Ecuador. The olinguito was found in zoos, but not realized to be a new species until the past year.
Olinguito Profile
Too cute! An olinguito mugs for the camera in Ecuador.
Tree-Living Olinguito
An olinguito peers at the camera at Tandayapa Bird Lodge, Ecuador.
Dragon Tree
Kaweesak’s Dragon Tree, Dracaena kaweesakii, found in Thailand.
Dragon's Breath
The flower of the Kaweesak's Dragon Tree, with creamy white petals and orange filaments.
Ice Anemones
Edwardsiella andrillae, a new species of anemone, lives on the underside of Antarctic sea ice.
Ice Anemone Anatomy
A close look at ice-living anemones in Anarctica.
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Skeleton Srhimp
Liropus minusculus is a shrimp of a shrimp. Measuring just a few millimeters long, this translucent shrimp lives in sea caves on Santa Catalina island.
Orange Penicillium
A new species of fungust, orange penicillium or Penicillium vanoranjei. The fungust comes from soil in Tunisia.
Leaf-Tailed Gecko
Saltuarius eximius, a new leaf-tailed gecko from the remote rainforests of northern Australia.
Leaf-Tailed Gecko Tail
A bird's-eye view of the leaf-tailed gecko, highlighting the broad, flat tail that gave the species its name.
Stephanie Pappas is a contributing writer for Live Science, covering topics ranging from geoscience to archaeology to the human brain and behavior. She was previously a senior writer for Live Science but is now a freelancer based in Denver, Colorado, and regularly contributes to Scientific American and The Monitor, the monthly magazine of the American Psychological Association. Stephanie received a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of South Carolina and a graduate certificate in science communication from the University of California, Santa Cruz.